TMQ Part III: Update! [We Can't Stop, 'Cause We Won't Stop! Bad Boy Remix! Eh-eh!]

So, wb mentioned TMQ's little foray into racial dynamics among African-Americans in his post. I suppose I found this funny since Easterbrook seems like the type that would cross the street if Henry Louis Gates were walking on the same sidewalk as him. But lo and behold, some changes were made. TMQ's previous paragraph:

Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle said after the game that head linesman Phil McKinnely repeatedly called him "boy" in the game's closing minutes, a racial insult when spoken by a white person to an African-American... If McKinnely (who is African-American) did use a racial insult against Rolle...

The new and improved version:

Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle said after the game that head linesman Phil McKinnely repeatedly called him "boy" in the game's closing minutes... If McKinnely (who is African-American) did use an insult against Rolle...

So, did ESPN realize that Easterbrook was going in a direction that they didn't like? Or did Easterbrook himself realize that he was being incendiary for no good reason? I'm guessing the former.